Deputy lied about DNA test in rape case against former NDSCS football player featured on ESPN, attorney says

He Was Falsely Accused of ‘Blackface.’ It Derailed His Life.

In the fall of 2021, Holden Hughes sat on a couch in the corner of his football coach’s living room, sweating with anxiety. It was the beginning of his freshman year at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and he was surrounded by a dozen or so new teammates. They’d gathered to watch each other’s high school football reels.His coach connected a computer to the television, and typed each guy’s name into Google, one by one.“H-U-G-H-E-S . . . ”Hol…

Deputy lied about DNA test in rape case against former NDSCS football player featured on ESPN, attorney says

Ray Ruschel gained famed for playing college football at 49 years old. He is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his apartment, but his lawyer says charging documents include perjury.